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So this is the airline equivalent of Michael Scott following his gps into the lake? Insane
by encoderer 5y ago
So this is the airline equivalent of Michael Scott following his gps into the lake?
Insane
- lisper 5y agoPrivate pilot here. Yes, that is exactly right.
- throwanem 5y agoI mean, you say that as if it were a joke, and yet I can't fathom any other explanation for this kind of event but that the pilot flying assumed the automation "knows where it's going". Unfortunately, without Rainn Wilson as the PNF...
- MertsA 5y agoFor context on the reference to following gps into a lake: https://youtu.be/DOW_kPzY_JY?t=20 https://youtu.be/DOW_kPzY_JY?t=20
- _moof 5y agoIt is precisely that, and it is inexcusable.